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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Oh,
Christmas. That magical time of the year, Santa, Christmas trees,
presents and sanitized “Happy Holidays” signs that make you throw up in
your mouth a little.

As Christmas eve approaches, we hurry to buy something for our little ones.Nothing
beats busting our brains thinking of neat gifts, only for our kids to
leave them all over the living room and the small parts going straight
into the vacuum cleaner not 24hs after they opened them.

But
you know you’re going to buy them anyway so for this Black Friday week I
made a short list of politically incorrect toys that will at least
counteract some of the garbage out kids are exposed to on daily basis,
maybe even teach them a thing or two about life.

5-Playmobil Nativity Manger with Stable

Playmobil Nativity Manger with Stable$29.99Christmas
may be banned in New York schools and various government buildings but
not all hope is lost. While most toy companies play along, others like
Playmobil actually have nativity toys. There’s even a little baby Jesus.

In
case you didn’t notice, Lego “cops” don’t have guns any more (no
Nativity toys either). They run around with handcuffs instead.God
forbid, should a child play imagining that a toy cop shoots a toy bad
guy. Well, Playmboil thankfully isn’t like that. In this set both cops
and the bad guy have plenty of guns, both handguns and long arms as well
as holsters that actually fit the tiny sidearms. Go Playmobil! I got this set for my son a few weeks ago
and he loved it. It comes with a small motion detector alarm (not loud,
safe for small children) and they can set it up so that it goes off
when someone moves or approaches the museum treasure.

This was the first CO2 pistol I ever owned and man did I have fun with
it. Mine was a Daisy just like this one but the color was black with
brown grips. The construction is plastic but it doesn’t really matter,
it has plenty of metal where needed, its tough and packs a punch.
Careful though, the price is pretty low but it does not reflect how
powerful this thing is.

The
one I had was accurate for a gun that fires round pellets and has fixed
sights. It is powerful, punched holes into thin wood and cans.Decades
later after forgetting about this gun I found it in a drawer. Some CO2
and a few pellets later and it was working again.

This is not a toy and should be treated like a firearm. Pay
special attention to eye protection which is the most common type of
injury with air guns. The rule is very simple and this is what I do with
my oldest son: You put on your eye protection before picking it up, you
take it off after youput away the gun. Break that rule and you lose your air gun for a month, or until you are old enough to handle it responsibly.

I never had one of these but everyone seems to remember them fondly and it seems to be a great choice as a kids first gun. Comes in pink too for girls.

I
see how the Red Ryder can be lots of fun, but its more of a plinking
kind of air gun,a true “fun gun”. If the intention is to use it for
shooting pests too, within the same budget you have better, more
powerful guns such as the Crosman 2100 or Daisy 880 which is better suited for it.

Here’s where things get interesting. I got a similar air rifle for my 15th
birthday, brand Mahely. It wasn’t as nice as the Crossman Remington
Vantage but my Mahely was also a break barrel action that generated nice
power and had good accuracy. If you want to go all the way there’s the Gamo Silent Stalker. The .22 version is a serious small game hunting air gun. It has a Shock Wave Absorber and noise dampener reducing noise up to 52%.

2 comments:

As you moved to Europe. Leave that Gammo & Crossman crap behind and go for great German air riffles - Weihrauch.

It is truly "Glock" of air riffles. ;-) You will love them.

Long riffles are saver for children. It is much harder to shot yourself with long air riffle, than short air pistol. Low power air rifles (7,5J) are easy to operate for children (force needed to compress the spring is not that high like in 17J variants).

My child shoots HW-25. HW-30 is nice for for older childs... and wifes.

If you like air shooting go for HW-97 and a good scope (try Swiss - Swarovski).

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